Body Both parents and school board officials across Oklahoma are continuing to get “mixed signals” concerning school policies that allow students to choose bathrooms based on the student’s self-proclaimed gender identity.

Body Property owners are coming to realize that their ad valorem taxes are continuing to go up basically every year. In many cases, they increase at or near the state’s legal 5% cap. So every 10 years they go up by 50% and every 20 years they will double.

Body Funeral services for Timothy “Tim” Parker, of Fort Towson, Okla., will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, April 21, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home. Timothy passed away April 17, 2022, at the age of 64.

Body William “Billy Dale” Bloodworth, lifetime hunter and fisherman of Choctaw County passed peacefully in his home in Hugo, Okla., on April 16, 2022, at the age of 74.

Body Memorial services for James Hammons, of Hugo, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 21, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home Chapel.

Body Lawyers across Oklahoma will provide free legal advice on Thursday, April 28, during the annual statewide celebration of Law Day. Oklahoma residents may call 405.493.9131 or 918.551.6022 to speak to a licensed attorney at no charge.

Body North Richland Hills, TEXAS –– A suspect has been identified in the 19-year-old cold case involving the shooting of Officer Jeff Garner.

Body Fort Towson students competed in a curriculum contest on March 30 at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Fort Towson placed fifth overall in Division II.

Body U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the Department is extending to May 11, 2022, the application deadline for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program (MPPEP), which provides funding to expand meat and poultry processing capacity.

Body • After first case of Avian Influenza was detected in a wild duck in Oklahoma Each year, as spring arrives, many people begin or continue raising backyard poultry flocks.